Knee Pain | $49 Discovery Visit
Charleston’s Non-Surgical Knee Center
Told it’s “bone on bone”? A torn meniscus? Time for a replacement? So were the people in this video.
Different diagnoses, same story: a knee that had started making their decisions for them — the stairs, the golf, the travel, the floor with the grandkids. These are their real first visits.
★★★★★ 350+ five-star Google reviews · Referred by Charleston orthopedic surgeons
Start this week and a full knee program is finished in 4 to 8 weeks. Before the next trip, the next holiday, the next season.
Claim your $49 Knee Discovery Visit
One body part. Both knees, or a knee plus another area: $79.
- One-on-one knee evaluation with Dr. Jimerson
- Your first full SoftWave treatment, same visit
- A written plan and exact price before you decide anything
- Feel it or it's free: no change in your knee at the first visit, and I refund the $49
- Finish in the whole-body photobiomodulation bed — red light that recharges your cells' mitochondria ($65 session, included)
The technologyThe same SoftWave device the pros are treated with
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Who's treating you
The doctor Charleston's orthopedic surgeons send their patients to
Every visit here runs the same loop: test the movement, treat, retest. Your knee is the only referee in the room that matters — the retest tells us both what changed, right then. That loop is why the reactions in the video look the way they do. Nobody is being told what to feel. That loop has run through roughly 150,000 patient visits over twenty-two years — knees, and everything attached to them.
I've spent 22 years on knees. The surgeons here know me, and when they have a patient who isn't ready for a replacement, or wants to try everything first, they send them to my office.
Referred by orthopedic surgeons. Local orthopedists refer patients to me for non-surgical knee care, and some are patients here themselves. Dr. Robert Schoderbeck, MD, a Charleston orthopedic surgeon, is one of them.
Trusted by professional athletes. I've worked with the Buffalo Bills and treated athletes on-site at Ironman triathlons. The same hands, the same machine, are what you get.
Two decades, 21,000+ patients. Active Release Techniques certified since 2004. You see me at every single visit, never an associate.
The most-watched knee treatments online. Over 500 million views of my patient videos. People fly in from other states. You can drive over from Mount Pleasant.
“I have been referring patients that have failed all other modalities (surgery, physical therapy, injections, chiropractic) for over a decade with exceptional results. It is almost like his hands are personal MRI machines. His SoftWave (shockwave) therapy is helpful to decrease inflammation and improve healing. I highly recommend Dr. Jimerson.”Dr. Robert Schoderbeck Jr., MD · Orthopedic Surgeon, Roper St. Francis · referring physician and patient
Same machine. Different hands.
There are nine SoftWave machines in Charleston now. There's one of me.
A SoftWave device is good at one thing: it finds the inflamed, damaged tissue (it's more sensitive there, and that's the feedback the machine gives me) and it puts out that fire. What it can't find is why the knee got that way: the glued-down fascia that stopped it moving, the nerve that's stuck, the hip or ankle or low back that's been dumping load into it for years. That part is me. It's what sent my videos to 1.6 million people, and it's why the change shows up on camera in minutes.
Fascial release, not a wand waved over the knee
Twenty-two years of hands-on work and Active Release Techniques since 2004. I find the scarred, glued-down fascia and the tight muscle that's loading your joint the wrong way, free it by hand, and only then put the SoftWave exactly where it needs to go. A machine can be bought. That can't.
Nerve techniques you won't find in a franchise
Perpendicular nerve mobilization and cutaneous nerve tractioning: the nerves around a painful knee get stuck and keep the whole leg guarding. Free the nerve, and the muscles stop bracing, the joint moves, and the treatment lands on tissue that can actually respond.
Neurolymphatic and mirror points
The part of my videos people call witchcraft. Reflex points that keep swelling and guarding switched on, and the mirror point on the other side of the body that quiets them. It's the reason a knee can feel different before the SoftWave has even started.
Why it looks like magic on camera
It isn't the machine. It's the machine plus the hands plus the nerve work, in the right order, on the exact tissue. Take the hands away and you get a machine treatment. I've built these techniques into a method I now teach to other practitioners; you get them from the person who developed them.
Her neck hurt. I worked on the back of her arm and the side of her leg.
Watch what happens. This is the part that isn't the machine. Pain sits where the body is losing the argument, not where the argument started. I find where it started: the nerve that's stuck, the fascia that's pulling, the joint three levels away that's been loading the sore one for years. A knee is no different. Fix the fire, then fix the reason there was a fire.
The Nervanna Method is Dr. Jimerson's own clinical framework, developed over 22 years and 21,000+ patients, and taught to practitioners nationally.
Watch it happen
These aren't testimonials read off a card. This is the moment it works.
I film first visits because nobody believes it until they see it. Bone-on-bone knees, failed surgeries, golfers who'd given up: watch their faces.
“Diagnosed with a lateral meniscus tear and surgery was recommended. After three SoftWave treatments on my knee, surgery is off the table.”Carol B. · Google review
“Avid runner with some knifing pain below my knee. Pain was there for over a week and instantly felt better after one appointment.”Cory R. · Google review
“The SoftWave treatment helped with my bone on bone knee and ankle pain.”Allan C. · patient review
What you actually want back
Nobody comes in wanting a better knee. They come in wanting their life back.
The knee is the excuse you've been giving. Here's what my patients tell me they got back, in their words, a few weeks in.
Getting down on the floor. And getting back up.
The three-year-old doesn't know you have a bad knee. She just knows Grandpa stopped playing on the rug. You'll be the one who lifts her onto your shoulders at the Christmas parade, not the one holding the coats.
Eighteen at Kiawah. Walking, not riding.
Loading into your left side on the downswing without the flinch. Playing the back nine without doing the math on how many holes are left. Getting the Sunday invitation again because you stopped saying no.
The first step to the net. The one you stopped trusting.
Your partner has been covering for you. You both know it. The day you sprint for a drop shot without thinking about it first is the day the game is yours again.
Cobblestones in Lisbon. The gangway on the ship. The stairs at the villa.
You've been picking trips by how much walking they involve. Pick them by where you want to go. The knee that made you skip the walking tour is the knee we're about to fix.
The Ravenel Bridge at sunrise. The beach at Sullivan's, all the way to the lighthouse.
Two miles of sand without looking for a place to sit. The walk to dinner on King Street instead of the valet. The garden at Middleton, on foot, the way it's meant to be seen.
Sleeping through the night. Standing up without the sound. (The knee's sound, or yours.)
No more planning your day around the knee. No more “I'm fine” when your wife asks. No more feeling older than you are. That's the part nobody says out loud, and it's the part that matters most.
A knee replacement gives you a knee, eventually, after six months of recovery. This gives you next month.
You don't remodel the house while the kitchen is on fire. SoftWave puts out the fire. Then I reshape the tissue like clay and get the nerves gliding again.
Speed of results
Everything else asks you to wait. SoftWave shows you at the first visit.
Ask any knee patient what they hate most and it isn't the pain, it's the waiting: weeks to find out if a shot took, months of PT, a year to get over a replacement. Here's how long each option typically takes before you know whether it's working for you.
The Feel-It-Or-It's-Free guarantee
Speed is the whole point, so I'll put my money on it. If you don't feel a change in your knee on the table at your Discovery Visit, tell me before you leave and I'll refund the $49. No forms, no argument, no "let me get my manager." I'm the manager. You'll have lost ten minutes, nothing more. One knee, one treatment: the $49 visit covers one area, so we can give it a fair test. Want both knees looked at? $79 covers two.
Typical time until a patient can tell whether the treatment is helping, based on published clinical timelines for each option and, for SoftWave, on what my own knee patients report at their first visit. Lasting SoftWave results build over a 4–8 week program. Individual results vary.
Ten minutes on my table tells you more than three months of injections.
Twenty-two years, 21,000 patients, and I still film the first visit, because I know what's about to happen and you don't yet.
Nine SoftWave machines in Charleston. One pair of hands that's spent 22 years learning where knee pain actually comes from.
Is this for you?
Worth one visit if any of these sound familiar
- You have been told “bone on bone,” osteoarthritis, or that a replacement is in your future
- A meniscus tear — old or new — and you want to know your options before surgery
- The knee never felt right after a surgery, or still hurts after a replacement
- Stairs, chairs, squatting, sleeping — everyday things have turned into negotiations
- Golf, pickleball, running, travel, the gym — the knee is deciding what you get to do
- Injections, PT, braces, and medications have had their turn, and it keeps coming back
- No tidy diagnosis at all — just a knee that keeps interfering with your life
The label matters less than you have been told. The $49 Discovery Visit answers the only question that counts: does YOUR knee respond? Whatever it has been called, that answer takes one visit.
SoftWave is not for everyone. If your knee isn't a good fit, I'll tell you at the first visit and point you toward what is. I've been doing this 22 years; I don't need the practice.
How SoftWave heals a knee
It doesn't mask the pain. It restarts the repair.
The same acoustic-wave technology is now being studied well beyond orthopedics. The mechanism — waking the body’s own repair signaling back up — is the part that matters for your knee.
A cortisone shot quiets the knee for a few months and does nothing for the tissue. SoftWave sends a wave of acoustic energy 4 to 5 inches deep, and the knee responds the way it would to an injury, without the injury. Here's what the published research shows that response looks like.
1. Your own repair cells show up
Shock waves cause tissue to release signals that recruit your body's own progenitor cells (the repair crew) to the treated area. This is the part patients feel building over the weeks between visits.
Aicher A, et al. Circulation. 2006;114:2823–30.
2. New blood vessels grow
Treated tissue shows more new blood vessels and higher levels of the growth signals that build them (VEGF, eNOS). A knee with better blood supply heals; a knee without it just ages.
Wang CJ, et al. J Orthop Res. 2003;21:984–9. Holfeld J, et al. Cardiovasc Res. 2016;109:331–43.
3. Growth factors go up
Shock wave treatment raises tissue levels of TGF-β1 and IGF-1, the growth factors that drive repair of tendon, ligament and connective tissue.
Chen YJ, et al. J Orthop Res. 2004;22:854–61.
4. Inflammation switches off
The same signal that starts repair (the TLR3 pathway) dials down the chronic inflammation that keeps a knee stiff and sore. That's why the first change most people notice is the pain.
Holfeld J, et al. Cardiovasc Res. 2016;109:331–43.
In 14 randomized trials (782 knee-arthritis patients), shock wave therapy cut pain and improved function significantly more than control treatments.Avendaño-Coy J, et al. Int J Surg. 2020;82:64–75 (meta-analysis).
Head-to-head with hyaluronic acid (“gel”) injections, shock wave therapy matched the injections at 1 and 3 months, with nothing injected into the joint.Lee JK, et al. Ann Rehabil Med. 2017;41:828–35 (randomized trial).
SoftWave (OrthoGold 100) is FDA 510(k) cleared for activation of connective tissue, temporary increase in local blood circulation, and relief of minor aches and pains. Cleared, not “approved,” and I'll always say it precisely.
Before you spend $10,000
What the other knee options cost you, in money and in months
Clinics around Charleston are quoting $10,000 for one knee and $14,000 for both for stem cell injections. Here's the honest side-by-side.
Stem cell injections
- Months before you know if it took
- Injected into the joint space; not aimed at the specific damaged tissue
- Unregulated products have hurt people: in 2018 the CDC traced infections in 12 patients across 3 states to contaminated umbilical cord “stem cell” products (Liveyon recall), and the treated cells weren't live stem cells at all
CDC MMWR 2018;67:1397–99.
Cortisone injections
- Masks pain for weeks; does nothing for the tissue
- In a 2-year randomized trial, a shot every 3 months lost twice the cartilage of placebo, with no pain benefit
- Repeated steroid weakens the bone around the joint
McAlindon TE, et al. JAMA. 2017;317:1967–75.
SoftWave with Dr. Jimerson
- You know in 10 minutes, not months
- Targets the inflamed tissue itself, then the restrictions around it
- Nothing injected, nothing to get infected, nothing to wear off
- Feel it or it's free
Avendaño-Coy 2020 meta-analysis; Holfeld 2024 Eur Heart J.
The full program, no surprises
What a knee program looks like, start to finish
Most knee programs run 6 to 10 sessions over 4 to 8 weeks. Each visit is 10 to 15 minutes, in street clothes, and you drive yourself home. Here's how it unfolds.
Discovery Visit
I examine the knee, find the exact tissue driving the pain, and treat it. You'll know before you leave whether your knee responds. Then you get a written plan with the exact price. You go home and decide.
Calm it down
Two sessions a week. The inflammation drops first; most people notice they're sleeping better and thinking about the knee less. Around here is when someone catches themselves taking the stairs two at a time and then remembers they're not supposed to be able to.
Rebuild
Sessions space out as the repair response takes over. I add hands-on work (Active Release) where scar tissue or a tight muscle is loading the joint wrong, and you get a short home routine to protect the gains.
Re-check and release
We re-measure against your first visit: pain, range of motion, what you can do again. Most knees are done here. Some get a tune-up months later; many never need one. By this point the question isn't whether your knee hurts. It's where you're going first.
What's included
| 8 SoftWave treatments (elsewhere, $150–$250 per session buys the machine alone) | $1,200–$2,000 |
| Two progress re-evaluations with Dr. Jimerson | $300 |
| Hands-on Active Release work as needed | $400 |
| Home protocol and direct text access to the office | included |
| Typical knee program | $1,200–$1,900 |
Exact price set at your Discovery Visit based on how many sessions your knee needs. HSA/FSA accepted. Payment plans available. Not covered by Medicare or insurance, and I'd rather you know that now.
| What people try instead | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| Cortisone or gel injections, repeated over a few years | $1,500–$4,000+ |
| Knee replacement: out-of-pocket after Medicare, plus 3–6 months recovery | $3,000–$8,000+ |
Common questions
What patients ask before their first visit
Does it hurt?
You feel a tapping pulse over the knee. On the tender spots it's noticeable, and that's how I know I've found the right tissue. It's over in minutes and there's typically no soreness afterward. Less uncomfortable than a cortisone shot, and a lot less uncomfortable than the bill for one.
How fast will I feel something?
Most of my knee patients feel a change on the table at the first visit; that's why I film them. The lasting change builds over the following weeks as the tissue repairs.
What if I don't feel anything at the first visit?
Then you're probably not a SoftWave candidate, and I'd rather you know that for $0 than find out after buying a program. Tell me before you leave and the $49 is refunded. I'll also tell you what I think would help instead. The $49 visit is one treatment of one area (the knee you came in for), so the test is fair to both of us. Two areas, such as both knees, is $79.
I've already had injections. Does that matter?
No. Many of my knee patients have had cortisone or gel injections. SoftWave works on the tissue differently and doesn't conflict with prior injections.
Can I still have surgery later if I want to?
Yes. SoftWave doesn't burn any bridges. Many patients use it to buy time, or to find out they don't need surgery yet. Some surgeons send patients to me for exactly that reason.
Is this PRP or a stem cell injection?
No. Nothing is injected. SoftWave uses acoustic waves to stimulate your body's own repair response. There are no drugs, needles, or biologics involved.
Why isn't it covered by insurance?
Medicare and most insurers don't yet reimburse acoustic wave therapy for knees, even though the research supports it. That's why I keep pricing simple and tell you the full number up front. Insurance will happily cover the knee replacement, though. Draw your own conclusions.
I already had a knee replacement and it still hurts. Is there any point?
Sometimes — and sometimes not, which is exactly why the first visit is an evaluation and not a sales pitch. I will not treat around an implant without understanding what is going on first. You may have seen a woman in the video describe this exact situation; her experience is hers, and yours gets its own honest assessment. If I am not the right next step, you will hear that from me at the Discovery Visit.
Why this week and not “sometime”
The knee you have today is the best knee you'll ever have to work with.
Nothing about a worn knee gets better by waiting. Here's what waiting actually costs, and why I'd rather see you now.
Cartilage doesn't grow back. It only leaves.
Every month of limping, every cortisone shot, every “I'll deal with it after the holidays” spends a little more of what's left. SoftWave works on the tissue you still have. More tissue, better result. That's the whole equation.
The limp is already spreading.
A bad knee doesn't stay a knee problem. The hip on that side starts covering, the low back tightens, the other knee takes the load. Six months from now I'm treating three things instead of one, and so is your wallet.
Start this week, finish in 4 to 8 weeks.
Whatever is on your calendar two months from now, the grandkids visiting, the golf trip, the cruise, the wedding, book now and you walk into it on a knee that works instead of one you're managing. I do every visit myself, so I open a limited number of Discovery Visits each week. When this week's are gone, it's next week. That's another week of the knee deciding for you.
So what does waiting six months actually cost you?
Two more cortisone or gel rounds while you “think about it,” each one thinning the cartilage a little more. And a knee that comes to me a year later usually needs a longer program than the same knee today. Later is the expensive option.
Six months is a season at Kiawah you rode instead of walked, a family holiday where you sat while the kids played, a trip you picked for the elevators. None of those come back.
The only thing that grows while you wait is the list of what hurts. Every month, there's a little less good tissue for me to work with.
Book your $49 Knee Discovery Visit
Come find out what your knee can still do.
Pick your time and you're on the schedule — no phone call, no waiting on a callback. Prefer to talk now? Call or text (843) 873-6004.
What happens at the visit: I examine the knee, I treat it, and I hand you a written recommendation. You go home and decide. No pressure, no sales pitch, and if you're not a candidate I'll say so. If you are, start thinking about what you want to do first.
Then, the light. Every Discovery Visit finishes in our whole-body photobiomodulation bed — specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared light that reach the mitochondria, the power plants inside your cells, and push them to make more ATP: the energy your tissue uses to repair itself. SoftWave switches the repair process on. The light bed fuels it. A $65 session, included with your visit.
I’m ready to get my life back.
Pick your time below. Your first visit is $49, paid when you come in. No card needed.
The slot is yours the moment you book. Bring the bad knee. Prefer to talk first? Call or text (843) 873-6004.
Visit
West Ashley, ten minutes from downtown
- Address
- 761 Saint Andrews Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 7:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–5:00 PM
- Parking
- Free lot at the door
- Phone
- (843) 873-6004
Patients drive in from:
761 St Andrews Blvd
